Made You Up
by Francesca Zappia
Release Date: May 19, 2015
About the Book
Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, and Liar.
Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn’t she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal.
Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.
To learn more about this book and see our review, go HERE.
About the Author
Francesca Zappia lives in Indiana, graduated from the University of Indianapolis with a degree in Computer Science, and still isn’t sure exactly how that happened. She spends most of her time writing, reading, drawing, watching anime, and playing way too much Pokémon.
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Giveaway Details
One winner will receive one finished hardback copy of the book. US & Canada only.
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During each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. Here is the question they’ll be answering in the comments below for extra entries: What would you do if you couldn’t tell reality from delusion?
I’ll go live in a little town, but if the situation is complicated I’ll get some medicine.
I guess I’d ask other people to verify? Or document it. It’s hard to imagine.
I guess I’d ask other people to verify? Or document it. It’s hard to imagine.
Seek help. Write it all down and then work through finding out what is real and what isn’t.
I would likely never leave the house to be honest. I would be afraid of messing up and ruining things.
I would likely never leave the house to be honest. I would be afraid of messing up and ruining things.
I would make sure I was always with someone, and talk to them about what was happening to see if they would be able to confirm for me what was real and what wasn’t.
The first thing I’ll do is obviously get some help. That situation is something that shouldn’t really be brushed off, whether your delusional world is better than your reality, or vice versa.
I would panic. I hope that never happens, because I have this problem where I always need to be in control of everything.
well I’ve always loved the idea of living out in the middle of the woods beside a lake. I’d probably want to seclude myself out there with someone I could trust.
[b]What would you do if you couldn’t tell reality from delusion?[/b]
Personally, I think I would probably not want to live in a city, yet not want to live in the middle of nowhere. Perhaps a small town? Although, I would feel inferior, because I would not be able to tell the difference, and people would probably look down on me for that
get help
I honestly have no idea. I would probably isolate myself and live in some unknown, rural area with a loved one where few, if any, people pass by/live in. Other than that, I don’t know… I guess I would freak out and seek help from someone?
If I could not tell the difference from delusion and reality, I would try to fight it. I would try as hard as I can, and harder still, to make the haziness clear. But if I could not fix the way I saw things (Thourgh medication, self-help references, and guidance, as well my own experiences), I would definitely live life to the fullest; tell people I love them, be kind, and try as best as I could to live life in the best of ways.
I would write everything down and ask my best friend to help me determine what’s real and what’s not. It would be a constant struggle but I’d try to have fun with it, maybe pretend I was living in a fantasy story.
I honestly don’t have any clue. Hopefully my family and friends would help learn to tell the difference.
I hope that I would be brave enough to seek help and that my family and friends would be there to guide me through it.
Honestly, I don’t know. I might panic.
Honestly, I don’t know. I might panic.
Wow, no idea. Talk to family members and friends and seek professional help.
I would go to my mom and ask her to help me seek help.
I have no idea; it must be a very scary and very humbling experience. Life is so unfair…I really respect this author’s brave choice to depict a heroine grappling with these little understood, too-often-stigmatized mental issues in her work. Represent! #EndtheStigma
–Kara S
I think writing everything down would be really important and having someone with you that you could trust.
I would go with it. Live the life you are given!
idk cry
Hope I win
I would try to find something to grasp onto like how Alex has her sister.
I hope I’d be well enough to seek help, either from friends/family or medical professionals
I would try to seek help or do things that keep me grounded to the reality of things.
If i couldn’t tell from reality from delusion i would attempt to channel everything into something like writing or something that can keep me sane and i would always have someone that cares for me by my side so that they can calm me whenever i am struggling.
If i couldn’t tell from reality from delusion i would attempt to channel everything into something like writing or something that can keep me sane and i would always have someone that cares for me by my side so that they can calm me whenever i am struggling.
If I couldn’t tell reality from delusion, I think I’d just pick the best parts of each and hold them to be true. And maybe also seek help. But after I’ve thoroughly explored interesting delusions.
Hard to say what I’d do because it probably wouldn’t be anything rational!!
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction